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OET (OET-LV) And I_looked, and see, a_horse green, and the one sitting on it, the_name to_him was Death, and the Hadaʸs was_following with him, and was_given to_them authority over the fourth of_the earth, to_kill_off with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild_beasts of_the earth.
OET (OET-RV) Then I looked, and wow, there was a green horse. The one sitting on it was named ‘Death’, and Hades was sitting behind him. They were given authority over a quarter of the earth: to execute people with the sword, with famine, with death, and with the wild animals on the earth.
Note 1 topic: translate-transliterate
ὁ ᾍδης
the_‹one› ¬the Hades
See how you translated the term Hades in 1:18.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἐξουσία
/was/_given ˱to˲_them authority
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God gave authority to them”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τὸ τέταρτον τῆς γῆς
the fourth ˱of˲_the earth
Here, the earth represents the people of the earth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “one fourth of the people on the earth”
Note 4 topic: translate-fraction
τὸ τέταρτον τῆς γῆς
the fourth ˱of˲_the earth
Here, one fourth means one part out of four equal parts. Alternate translation: “one out of every four people on the earth”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ῥομφαίᾳ
sword
John is using the term sword to mean warfare by association with the way the people of his time used swords as weapons in warfare. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “warfare”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
θανάτῳ
death
John is likely using the general term death to mean one specific cause of death, disease. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “disease”
6:1–16:21 Three sets of seven judgments—the seals, trumpets, and bowls—form the core of Revelation. Some suggest that the judgments form a chronological sequence from beginning to end, with each set of judgments flowing from the seventh judgment of the previous set for a total of twenty-one successive judgments. More likely, the relationship is cyclical (as in other Jewish apocalyptic works; cp. Dan 2, 7, 8, 11), with each set conveying increasing intensity and adding new details of God’s judgment on those who rebel against him. In this perspective, all three cycles end at the same chronological point, with the return of Christ.
OET (OET-LV) And I_looked, and see, a_horse green, and the one sitting on it, the_name to_him was Death, and the Hadaʸs was_following with him, and was_given to_them authority over the fourth of_the earth, to_kill_off with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild_beasts of_the earth.
OET (OET-RV) Then I looked, and wow, there was a green horse. The one sitting on it was named ‘Death’, and Hades was sitting behind him. They were given authority over a quarter of the earth: to execute people with the sword, with famine, with death, and with the wild animals on the earth.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.